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Nervous System
Nervous System
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Medical
12th Grade
04/03/2017

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Term

cephal/o

cephalagia

Definition
head pain;headache
Term

cerebell/o

cerebellar

Definition
Pertaining to the cerebellun little brain
Term

cerebr/o

cerebrospinal

Definition
Pertaining to the cerebrum and the sppinal cord
Term
chrom/o
Definition
color
Term

cran/i

craniectomy

Definition
Surgical excision of a portion of the skull (the cranium, which encases the brain
Term

crani/o cell

craniotomy

Definition
Literally means surgical incision into the skull. It is a surgical operation in which a bone flap is removed from the skull to access the brain.
Term
dendr/o
Definition
tree
Term

encephal/o brain

encephalopathy

Definition
Any pathological dysfunction of the brain. HIV encephalopathy is called AIDS-dementia complex
Term

hypn/0 sleep condition

hypnosis

Definition
Artificially induced trancelike state resembling somnambuism (sleepwalking)
Term

lamin/o thin plate

laminectomy

Definition
Surgical excision of a vertebral posterior arch
Term

lob/o lobe

lobotomy

Definition
Surgical incision into the prefrontal or frontal lobe of the brain
Term
mening/i membrane,menings
Definition
TUMOR OF THE MENINGES THAT ORIGINATES IN THE ARACHNOIDAL TISSUE
Term

mening/o inflammation

meningitis

Definition
Inflammation of the meninges of the spinal cord or brain. With early dianosis and prompt treatment most patients recover from meningitis.
Term

myel/o spinal cors hernia

meningomyelcele

Definition
Congenital herniation of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral column.
Term

myel/o spinal cord recording

myelography

Definition
X-ray recording of the spinal cord after injection of a radiopaque medium into the spinal canal
Term

neur/o nerve

neuralgia

Definition
Pain in a nerve or nerves
Term

pallid/o globus pallidus incision

pallidotomy

Definition
Surgical destruction of the globus pallidus of the brain done to treat involuntary movements pr muscular rigidity in Parkinson desease
Term
papill papilla swelling
Definition
Swelling of the optic disk, usually caused by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) also called choked disk
Term

phe/o dusky color cell tumor

pheochromocytoma

Definition
Chromaffin cell tumor of the adrenal medulla or of the symphathetic nervous system
Term
somn/o sleep to walk condition
Definition
Condition of sleepwalking
Term
spin/o a thorn, spine
Definition
Term

spondyl/o vertebra

spondylosyndesis

Definition
Surgical procedure to bind vertebra after removal of a herniated disk, also called spinal fusion
Term

vag/o vagus,wandering

vagotomy

Definition
Surgical incision of the vagus nerve
Term
ventricul/o ventricle
Definition
X-ray of the cerebral ventricles
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